EasyEB Posted March 14, 2021 Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) I figured I'd make a thread where we can share images of modern loadouts on the A-10C (later to current suites, meaning with HMCS and such, kind of like what we have in game) to use as references or inspiration when mission making or loading our jets. Ok I'll go first! Stations 1 - GBU-12 2 - LAU-131 A/A with APKWS 3 - AGM-65L 4 - GBU-38 5 - GBU-38 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-31 V1 8 - GBU-54 9 - GBU-38 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY ____________________________________________________________ Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 A/A with APKWS 3 - SUU-25 4 - GBU-12 5 - GBU-38 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - GBU-54 9 - LAU-131 with rockets 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY ____________________________________________________________ Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 A/A with APKWS 3 - EMPTY 4 - GBU-38 5 - GBU-38 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - GBU-54 9 - LAU-131 with rockets 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY ____________________________________________________________ Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 A/A with APKWS 3 - EMPTY 4 - GBU-12 5 - GBU-38 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - GBU-38 9 - LAU-131 with rockets 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY ____________________________________________________________ Left jet Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - AGM-65G 4 - GBU-12 5 - GBU-31 V3 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - GBU-38 9 - GBU-12 10 - TGP 11 - AIM-9 Right jet Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - AGM-65L 4 - GBU-12 5 - GBU-31 V1 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - GBU-54 9 - GBU-12 10 - TGP 11 - AIM-9 ____________________________________________________________ Left jet Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - AGM-65D? 4 - GBU-12 5 - GBU-12 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-12 8 - GBU-12 9 - GBU-54 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY Right jet Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - AGM-65 4 - GBU-38 5 - GBU-12 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-12 8 - GBU-38 9 - GBU-54 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY ____________________________________________________________ Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - AGM-65G 4 - GBU-12 5 - GBU-31 V3 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - GBU-38 9 - GBU-12 10 - TGP 11 - AIM-9 ____________________________________________________________ Stations 1 - EMPTY 2 - LAU-131 with illumination rockets 3 - AGM-65G? 4 - GBU-38 5 - GBU-12 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-12 8 - GBU-38 9 - AGM-65D 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY LAU-105 ____________________________________________________________ And here is where it gets a little crazy, haven't seen many of these configurations... Stations 1 - GBU-12 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - GBU-38 4 - GBU-38 5 - GBU-31 V3 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-31 V1 8 - GBU-38 9 - GBU-38 10 - TGP 11 - AIM-9 ____________________________________________________________ Stations 1 - AIM-9 2 - LAU-131 with rockets 3 - AGM-65 4 - GBU-38 5 - GBU-38 6 - EMPTY 7 - GBU-38 8 - 3 times GBU-12 on TER 9 - GBU-38 10 - TGP 11 - EMPTY ____________________________________________________________ Couple of notes here. I've never seen an A-10 loaded with more than one GBU-54, I hear it's a cost issue, but I'd love to see a pic of one loaded with more than one. Also, never have I seen a JDAM with an M904 fuse, so hopefully we'll get the nose cone at least modeled to our GBU-38. Edited March 14, 2021 by EasyEB 9 1
Snoopy Posted March 14, 2021 Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Good idea but keep in mind the load outs over the past 10 plus years are COIN specific and not necessarily what we’d carry against a near-peer advisory. Edited March 14, 2021 by Snoopy 6 v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
Ryanwtod Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 nobody seems to be carrying an ECM pod, I thought it was pretty much standard to have an ECM pod and a pair of AIM-9
Snoopy Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 11 hours ago, Ryanwtod said: nobody seems to be carrying an ECM pod, I thought it was pretty much standard to have an ECM pod and a pair of AIM-9 No reason to over the last 15 years because we’ve been operating in environments that the threat(s) are extremely limited. 4 v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
Nealius Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 I'm curious what kinds of rockets are loaded when they carry both APKWS and unguided rockets. Smoke for marking targets?
Crptalk Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 10:21 AM, Snoopy said: Good idea but keep in mind the load outs over the past 10 plus years are COIN specific and not necessarily what we’d carry against a near-peer advisory. You're right but they wouldn't even be flying against near-peer since the A-10 hasn't been suitable against near-peer since the end of the cold war.
EasyEB Posted March 20, 2021 Author Posted March 20, 2021 57 minutes ago, Crptalk said: You're right but they wouldn't even be flying against near-peer I don’t think it’s that clear cut, and I believe real world A-10 squadrons train to fight against enemies other than donkey tech. At least I think that’s Snoops point, but his lips are of course sealed on specifics.
Snoopy Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Crptalk said: You're right but they wouldn't even be flying against near-peer since the A-10 hasn't been suitable against near-peer since the end of the cold war. If you say so... No they wouldn’t be the first in but I can guarantee they’d be in the fight after the first wave. 2 v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
Foka Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Crptalk said: You're right but they wouldn't even be flying against near-peer since the A-10 hasn't been suitable against near-peer since the end of the cold war. A-10 was designed to fight with near-peer forces - Warsaw Packt. They're just not fighters and need at least local air superiority. But they're fully capable of fighting near-peer enemy with proper tactics of usage of the airframe.
Nealius Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 Is the Suu-25 planned for the Warthog II? I can't find it in the payload menu and could have sworn we had it with the OG Warthog.
EasyEB Posted March 20, 2021 Author Posted March 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nealius said: Is the Suu-25 planned for the Warthog II? I can't find it in the payload menu and could have sworn we had it with the OG Warthog. It’s under Bombs. But the model is painfully old.
Nealius Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 12 hours ago, EasyEB said: It’s under Bombs. But the model is painfully old. No wonder I couldn't find it. We had illum rockets under rockets but these particular rockets under bombs? Somene needs to fix their categorical logic I guess the model is old like the BDU-50s? Those are hideous.
EasyEB Posted March 21, 2021 Author Posted March 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Nealius said: but these particular rockets under bombs? These aren’t rockets, son.
Nealius Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 5 hours ago, EasyEB said: These aren’t rockets, son. Company website for the SUU-25 shows a Tucano firing them and they are most definitely rockets. Forward-firing ordnance is not a bomb.
EasyEB Posted March 21, 2021 Author Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Nealius said: Company website for the SUU-25 shows a Tucano firing them No it does not. 11 minutes ago, Nealius said: they are most definitely rockets. They are most definitely not rockets. Edited March 21, 2021 by EasyEB 1
Northstar98 Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Nealius said: Company website for the SUU-25 shows a Tucano firing them and they are most definitely rockets. Forward-firing ordnance is not a bomb. This? Those look to be M257 illumination rockets, fired from a LAU-68 - certainly not a SUU-25. Edited March 21, 2021 by Northstar98 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
EasyEB Posted March 21, 2021 Author Posted March 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Northstar98 said: Tucano AT-6
Nealius Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) An explanation instead of a condescending "no ur wrong" would be very much appreciated. Google isn't finding me any images/diagrams of the actual projectiles carried by the SUU-25. Edited March 21, 2021 by Nealius
EasyEB Posted March 21, 2021 Author Posted March 21, 2021 54 minutes ago, Nealius said: An explanation instead of a condescending "no ur wrong" would be very much appreciated. I’m sure you would have gotten one if you had opted for a humble approach. Anyway, the SUU-25 plops flares out the back of the launcher that hang in the air on lil chutes. I believe they are called LUU-1 and/or LUU-2. Like you have already noticed, information on these is scarce. 1
Schafft Posted March 27, 2021 Posted March 27, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 7:33 AM, EasyEB said: I’m sure you would have gotten one if you had opted for a humble approach. Anyway, the SUU-25 plops flares out the back of the launcher that hang in the air on lil chutes. I believe they are called LUU-1 and/or LUU-2. Like you have already noticed, information on these is scarce. This is what they are. they float down on a parachute to illuminate an area of interest at night. They burn pretty bright.
Hammer1-1 Posted March 27, 2021 Posted March 27, 2021 SUU-25 are called candle bombs, correct? They are deployed in a rocket canister, but they drop out the rear instead of forward firing IIRC. Intel 13900k @ 5.8ghz | 64gb GSkill Trident Z | MSI z790 Meg ACE | Zotac RTX4090 | Asus 1000w psu | Slaw RX Viper 2 pedals | VPForce Rhino/VKB MCE Ultimate + STECS Mk2 MAX / Virpil MongoosT50+ MongoosT50CM | Virpil TCS+/ AH64D grip/custom AH64D TEDAC | Samsung Odyssey G9 + Odyssey Ark | Next Level Racing Flight Seat Pro | WinWing F-18 MIPS | No more VR for this pilot. My wallpaper and skins On today's episode of "Did You Know", Cessna Skyhawk crashes into cemetery; over 800 found dead as workers keep digging.
ASAP Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 If you ever want to know what LUU-2s look like... https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/mysterious-ufo-above-phoenix-remains-a-mystery-24-years-later/75-02f15bff-e161-4a67-9874-9e8c87ce7c9e The famous Arizona lights incident in the 90s was actually an A-10 kicking out a bunch of LUU-2s out on the Barry M Goldwater Range complex back which is just south of Phoenix. They are pretty strange looking to someone who's never seen them before, and apparently when they burn out they sorta wink out in a way that apparently reminds people of Star Trek ships going to warp. Sorry, it was neither unidentified, nor was it extra terrestrial.
Frederf Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 On 3/27/2021 at 2:29 PM, Hammer1-1 said: SUU-25 are called candle bombs, correct? They are deployed in a rocket canister, but they drop out the rear instead of forward firing IIRC. The SUU-25 is the submunition dispenser. It's the thing which holds the flares and dispenses them. They come out of the back, propelled by a charge but just enough to get them to come out. It's a bundle of four tubes in a cylindrical casing. Flares, two to a tube, are loaded into the holes. LUU-1 marking flares, LUU-2 illumination flares, LUU-19 infrared illumination flares, or even sonobouys can be deployed from the 5 inch tubes. In a lot of ways it acts as a very-low powered backward-facing rocket launcher but just as convincing one could describe it as a bomb device like a CBU-1/A. The discussion is somewhat academic. It is a specialized device dispenser.
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